2018 Illinois Baseball
Serious Late
- Peoria via Denver via Ann Arbor via Albuquerque vi
What a play to gun a runner at home to end the 7th. The inside strike to righties is anything batters box, in. Need to start accounting for that.
illinifaninwi
- DeForest, Wisconsin
Really poor effort by the Illini. Minnesota is good but that was not their ace.
Illini and Indiana getting underway now.
Winner gets Purdue tomorrow at 1PM.
Winner gets Purdue tomorrow at 1PM.
Every win helps! 
ray:
ray:Maybe so but college baseball isn't exactly a big draw in many areas. Might as well play it in an area that will draw a little bit and in a facility that's used for college baseball at times.
You have to remember that it wasn't until the last decade that the tournament started being played at non-campus sites.
Guess what I really want is to have it close enough where I could go with minimal effort.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Did anyone see where that ball landed? I assume it did land somewhere...
Understandable. Though it would likely have to be in a minor league venue like it is now. Most of the MLB teams in the footprint may not wanna give up their stadium for that long.
Yes. Personally I would rather have a smaller stadium with a fuller looking crowd. But agree that the drawing potential is probably limited no matter where it is held.
Illini win on walk-off double in the bottom of the 9th!
That should be enough to get them into the tournamentray:
Now let's go beat Purdue tomorrow!
That should be enough to get them into the tournament
ray:Now let's go beat Purdue tomorrow!
ilphotog
The camera never lies
- Champaign
What a game, and loved that we got back to the Hotel just before midnight and not after 1am like the past two nights. I know the crowds are not that big, but this facility is all first class. For us who spends several days working at the park and are here for several hours, it's huge for use. No campus facility could even come close to this place. That being said, us in the media would like for them to give Indy a look.
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Isn't it amazing that there are a million posts regarding basketball and football recruiting, but the one good team we have gets 92 posts in four months?
For those(not students or Alumni) who frown about what college coaches get paid.....please take note.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Go Illini, let’s beat Purdon’t!!
Great thought. And Victory Field would be a great venue. Just one problem. I'm pretty sure there's a pretty big event happening in Indy this weekend that would prevent drawing even casual fans at best.
Minnesota cruising against tOSU right now and looks to be heading to the championship game.
If Illini win against Purdue, then the elimination game between the two would be played right after at 5 PM.
If Illini win against Purdue, then the elimination game between the two would be played right after at 5 PM.
Well, that was not a good start. Purdue scores a run on a single, stolen base, E2, and wild pitch.
1-0 after one-half inning
1-0 after one-half inning
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
Illini answer with 3 in the bottom of the first! Now lead 3-1 with only one hit
Not great baseball so far, but hard to blame them when the temperature on the field is around 120 degrees
Illini are not going to make this one easy.
4-4 now with Purdue still batting. So far this inning, Purdue has three runs on 2 HBP, a wild pitch and two errors by the Illini
4-4 now with Purdue still batting. So far this inning, Purdue has three runs on 2 HBP, a wild pitch and two errors by the Illini
Four unearned runs, and now they are losing. Just giving this game away. Ugh
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
Only Illinois could have the first baseman’s mitt literally break catching a routine throw. Purdue up 5-4. :hurl: